God visiting and avenging his soul, on a sinful people : A sermon preached in the Presbyterian meeting-house in Westerly, in the colony of Rhode-Island, upon the 24th day of February, 1760. / By Joseph Park, M.A. Minister of the Word of God. ; To which is praefixed a narrative of one special occasion of it, and the troubles remotely occasioned by it, and also annexed, a letter sent the author by a Reverend gentleman in Connecticut, to whom he sent the copies for advice. ; [Text].
| Author/creator |
Park, Joseph, 1705-1777 |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | New-London [Conn.] : Printed and sold by T. Green, 1761. |
| Description | 39 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 23 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 16 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 8962. ^A478749 |
| General note | The narrative (p. 5-39, 1st count) recounts Joseph Park's championing of two women, Ann Croucher and Deborah Lambeart, brought to trial for spreading the smallpox in Westerly, R.I. |
| General note | For preaching this sermon, Joseph Park was subjected to a public prosecution "for cursing the authority" of Rhode Island, and found guilty by the Court of Sessions at South Kingston, R.I., Aug. 1760. |
| References | Evans 8962 |
| References | Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1219 |
| References | Johnson, H.A. New London, 747 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 8962). |
| Genre/form | Sermons 1760. |
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